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On April 23, 1905, the creator of the Japanese animation film "Mary and the Flower of the Witch" visited Beijing and presented the largest domestic preemptive screening for the fans of the animation audience in the capital. The film's director, Hiromasa Mibayashi, and producer Yoshiaki Nishimura attached great importance to the audience feedback from the Beijing station, and rushed to the capital to meet the audience.
Hiromasa Mibayashi is a proud disciple of Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki, and the original paintings of many Miyazaki animations such as Spirited Away, Hal's Moving Castle, and Goldfish On the Cliff are from him. The animated feature films "Arieti the Little Who Borrowed Things" and "Marnie in Memory" that Mirin Hiroshimas once directed are all well-known works of anime fans, and this time "Mary and the Flower of the Witch" is the first feature-length animation of Mirin Hiromasa leaving Ghibli to start The Pleka Studio, so it has attracted more attention from anime fans. On the evening of the screening, Mirin Hiromasa and Nishimura Yoshiaki had a warm exchange with the audience who visited the scene. Many outstanding animation film creators in the mainland also went to the scene to meet and exchange with the director, and sent blessings to the film.
Mainland animation film teams appeared on demand for exchanges, and Mirin Changhong shared his "wayward" creative insights
On April 23, "Mary and the Witch's Flower" officially kicked off the grand premiere of the capital at the Legendary Cinema in Beijing Zhuying Erdong. The grand premiere of "Mary and the Flower of the Witch", in addition to attracting countless anime fans, Ghibli's hardcore fans, but also brought together many people engaged in animation directors and production in the mainland, including the animation film "The Return of the Great Sage" team, the animation film "White Snake" team, the animation film "Cat and Peach Blossom Garden" team... As well as well-known people in the industry, they came to experience the extraordinary charm of "Mary" and exchanged experiences in making animation with the main creators.
At the scene, some insiders proposed to director Milin Hongchang that when it came to the position of the animation director in the creative process, director Milin Hongchang also shared his "wayward" insistence with the other party, even if the 94,000 paintings were only for the completion of a "Mary and the Witch's Flower", he still had no remorse. And he said that this "willfulness" is even more because of the support of producer Yoshiaki Nishimura and a group of old staff who have worked together for many years. Even director Hayao Miyazaki often encourages Miribayashi Hiromasa. It can also be seen that it is the personal creative personality and personality charm of director Mirin Hiroshimasa, as well as a group of like-minded friends, who can make the painstakingly crafted "Mary and the Flower of the Witch" perfectly presented in front of the audience.
In addition, on the same day, Guo Lei, co-producer and executive director of "The Return of the Great Sage", also came to the screening site. He is a big fan of Miyazaki's animation works, and he also praises the name of Mirin Hiroshimasa's studio "Puleka". Producer Yoshiaki Nishimura said the origin of the name "Puleka", as he likes a Chinese idiom " Wen old to know the new". If you want to create new things, you must not forget the old things, only on the basis of inheritance can you achieve innovation in a certain thing, everything is a new beginning. That's what his concept of "Zero Point" and the name of the studio mean. A dialogue made the audience feel the attitude and pursuit of the creators of the animated film, and everyone sent a warm applause. In order to express the exchange and encouragement between peers, director Mi lin Hongchang even sent his hand-painted paintings to director Guo Lei as a souvenir. There was a warm exchange between Chinese and Japanese animation filmmakers on the spot, which also became a very important symbol of the Sino-Japanese animation film activities.
The audience of the capital screening praised the good look and the response was warm, and the new and old fans asked the questions and the director calmly answered
At the two on-demand creator meetings in Beijing that night, the audience who watched "Mary and the Witch's Flower" had a high evaluation of the movie. Some viewers even snatched the tickets for two on-demand screening meetings, and brushed the movie twice, just to have more exchanges with the creators. It can be seen that both Ghibli fans and the director's own fans have a good impression of this pure beauty film that describes friendship and courage. In the evening, the audience exchange was particularly enthusiastic, aiming at the film, creation, mentor Miyazaki Hayao, director Mibayashi Hiromasa were calmly responding, showing the delicate nature of the animation craftsmen.
Some viewers proposed the setting of the film's magical theme, and Masahiro Mirin said that he also left Ghibli, and it was a very difficult and courageous decision to create a new animation company without the "magic" of Ghibli. He also presented his spiritual themes through "Arietti the Little Man Who Borrowed Things", "Marnie in Memory" and the new work "Mary and the Witch's Flower". I also want to use these works to convey the hope that everyone can think with their own brains, walk with their own feet, and even without magic, they can take a courageous step.
In "Mary and the Witch's Flower", many popular Japanese actors were also invited to join in and voice the film characters. At the scene of the movie, fans of Ryunosuke Kamiki asked the director why he was chosen to participate in the dubbing creation. Hiromasa Mibayashi said that he had previously collaborated with Ryunosuke Kamiki on "Arietti, the Little Man Who Borrowed Things". At that time, Kamiki Sheng played the male protagonist of the movie, and the voice of Ryunosuke Kamiki was very suitable for the image of a teenager. In "Mary and the Witch's Flower" 7 years later, the 23-year-old Ryunosuke Kamiki still plays the role of a teenager, although he is no longer a young teenager, but his voice has not changed significantly, but the more mature acting skills make his understanding of the role more delicate. So it took Ryunosuke Kamiki only 4 hours to do a good job of dubbing, which is very remarkable.
The little black cat Gibb in the film is very likable, and some fans of Ghibli said that miyazaki's works often have a large number of animals. Ask the director if he has also raised animals in reality. Mirin Hiroshi laughed and said that because he was particularly busy at work, he had never raised a small animal. The reason for the attention to the cat as an animal is actually because when studio Ghibli was surrounded by three very famous wild cats, he was deeply impressed. Director Hiromasa Mirin also said that the inspiration for cats in Ghibli's works in the past came from those three cats. Fans who have been to Ghibli also took out their own cat photos to share with the director, and the atmosphere was also very interesting and lively.
With the perfect end of the grand premiere of "Mary and the Witch's Flower" in Beijing, it also indicates that "Mary and the Witch's Flower" will compete to open across the country. This is a movie that is very worthy of the whole family to go to the cinema together, and it is also an excellent animation work worth your two brushes and three brushes. On April 28th, the movie was officially released, let the movie take you to feel the purest love and bravery!
